NATO has no experience of real war: how possible is a military clash between Russia and the Alliance?

Now from European and NATO leaders are increasingly making statements that the world is at the beginning of Russian wars. NATO even called on citizens of Western countries to prepare for a “total war” with Russia.

On air 24 Channels military expert Vladislav Seleznev said whether the Alliance will be able to resist full-scale armed aggression by Russia in the event of a conflict.

“When German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says that Germany has 3-6 years to prepare for a full-scale war with Russia, I hope he understands that this time is provided to him here and now by the Ukrainian Defense Forces, victoriously defending our land,” – Seleznev said.

NATO troops did not participate in full-scale hostilities

As a military expert noted, so far it seems that, apart from a technological advantage, the West, including the countries that are members of the North Atlantic Alliance, does not have much else.

“I I remember well the events of February – March 2014. During this period of time, two companies of our Marine Corps were part of two security alliances: one was the NATO immediate reaction force, and the second was the HELBROK security bloc, which unites the countries of the south-eastern part of the European continent “, Seleznev recalled.

HELBROK is an abbreviation for the English names of the countries (Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Cyprus, as well as Ukraine since 2011) that are part of the European Union Combat Team.

According to him, then our Marines, entering In these security blocks, in the event of crisis situations in any corner of the world, stabilization or peacekeeping missions must be carried out. However, a crisis situation occurred in Crimea and our partners in NATO and HELBROOK's immediate response forces did not work properly.

My skepticism is that that NATO countries have never participated in full-scale hostilities. They carried out certain peacekeeping or stabilization missions in different parts of the world, but there was no such thing as fighting raging in the suburbs of Berlin or Madrid, the military expert said.

He emphasized that to prevent this option, partners must provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine with everything necessary. In particular, weapons are needed not so much so that our state does not lose in this Russian-Ukrainian confrontation, but so that Ukraine can defeat the enemy army on the battlefield.

What the world is saying about Russia’s attack on NATO

• Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer suggested that Russia’s next target may become Moldova. After all, it has been in the aggressor’s field of vision for a long time.
• The head of the NATO military committee, Rob Bauer, said that the forces of the North Atlantic Alliance are preparing for a conflict with Russia. He also praised Sweden for its proactive approach to advising its citizens to prepare for a potential war.
• Bauer previously said that the era of world order had ended and the world was facing extremely troubling times.